Softworn Cerulean color palette — #ECE2D3 · #458C99 · #004357 · #00231F · #000A15

A conversation between Storm Blue and Deep Teal, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Parchment (#ECE2D3): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Storm Blue (#458C99): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Deep Teal (#004357): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Onyx (#00231F): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Ink (#000A15): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Calm, Sophistication. Tagged coastal, cool, light, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn Cerulean into a complete token system: semantic roles from primary to success, an 11-stop OKLCH scale per role, a WCAG AA/AAA and APCA contrast matrix, an auto-derived dark mode and 11 export formats including CSS custom properties, Tailwind, Figma Variables and shadcn/ui.

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